Jun. 25—Based on a recent feasibility study, Decatur Utilities is choosing not to jump into the high-stakes, high-speed internet service competition for residential or commercial customers that it had been considering. The Municipal Utilities Board decided last week to instead build a 47-mile fiber backbone network that supports its own operations at an estimated cost […]
A person suspected in a Saturday armed robbery led police on a high-speed chase from Woodworth to the outskirts of Alexandria, shooting at Rapides Parish Sheriff’s deputies and eventually shooting himself in the head, according to a news release. The unidentified suspect was taken to a hospital, but the sheriff’s office release states the person’s […]
FOND DU LAC COUNTY – An 18-year-old Fond du Lac man was taken into custody June 21 after leading local law enforcement on a pursuit reaching speeds of 100 miles per hour. According to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy tried a traffic stop for a speed violation around 1:50 a.m. on […]
Atlanta police released video of officers tracking down men suspected of being involved in a shooting. Officers started following the suspects in a blue Tesla after a shooting on Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. earlier this month. They brought in a police helicopter to join the chase. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news […]
A 21-year-old man is dead and an 18-year-old man is critical after authorities say both Cape Coral men were racing their motorcycles along Interstate 75 before they lost control. The crash happened around 10:35 p.m. Tuesday near mile marker 138, in Fort Myers, according to a Florida Highway Patrol incident report. Troopers said that while […]
A reckless driving suspect who led officers with the California Highway Patrol on a dangerous high-speed chase was taken into custody Monday night. The suspect was leading authorities in chase in northbound lanes of the 605 Freeway before taking the westbound 210 Freeway. At times, the driver was splitting lanes in traffic at speeds of […]
Jun. 17—Maine will receive $272 million in federal funding over the next five years to expand high-speed internet service, Gov. Janet Mills announced Monday. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration approved Maine’s spending plan for the largest sum ever dedicated to boosting broadband in the state. The award, which was anticipated since last year when […]
Interested in capping off your trip to Hong Kong with a long weekend in Beijing or Shanghai? A new high-speed sleeper train service is making that possibility easier than ever. Two new overnight routes connecting the city with Beijing and Shanghai entered into service on June 15. Both trains depart Hong Kong West Kowloon Station […]
China’s longest double-track, single-bore train tunnel is complete, and high-speed trains traveling up to 125 miles per hour are slated to begin running through it later this year. It’s a major milestone, and yet it’s just one of many. China boasts 30 such projects, which comprise eight high-speed rail lines and over 500 miles of […]
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time ever, mapped the plasma “burps” of a feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar that dwells relatively close to Earth. While supermassive black holes with masses millions or billions of times that of the sun are thought to dwell at the heart of all galaxies, not […]
French national rail operator SNCF said Wednesday it planned to offer high-speed passenger services in neighbouring Italy from 2026, competing with rival Trenitalia on its home turf. “Italy is a natural market for high speed, with 56 million passengers per year,” said Alain Krakovitch, head of intercity TGV (high-speed train) services at SNCF Voyageurs. “But […]
A 23-year-old woman allegedly involved in the killings of her three roommates in Virginia was taken into custody after a chase on an upstate New York highway, police said Friday. Alyssa Jane Venable had been sought by authorities after members of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office found two men and one woman dead “from upper […]